the metro

[RestlessNatives]

I usually defend whoever does the Twitter account but they're having a bit of a mare this morning.
Tyne and Wear Metro on Twitter

 

[Wilfy]

I usually defend whoever does the Twitter account but they're having a bit of a mare this morning.
Tyne and Wear Metro on Twitter

Colin Briggs getting a dig in.

 

[heroesof73]

I usually defend whoever does the Twitter account but they're having a bit of a mare this morning.
Tyne and Wear Metro on Twitter

Colin Briggs the newscaster on there It seems?
He might get Dawnie on their case tonight

 

[Old Prestonian]

I usually defend whoever does the Twitter account but they're having a bit of a mare this morning.
Tyne and Wear Metro on Twitter

That is disgraceful PR.

 

[RestlessNatives]

That is disgraceful PR.

Whoever does it normally is spot on despite serious provocation. Not sure if somebody else is responsible today.

 

[Fletch]

the service has been bit more reliable recently (bar the snow) , ive noticed they now reduce number of metros that only go to pelaw which always seemed a complete waste of metros anyway as both south shields and sunderland metros go past pelaw anyway, its not rocket science

 

[RestlessNatives]

Colin Briggs getting a dig in.

I had a minor Twitter spat with him once when I pointed out that his shirt wasn't ironed. He came back with some bizarre Christmas jumper related excuse and wasn't happy about it.

 

[Silent Bob]

Nexus travel survey 2018, get them told

 

[HeaderDownBrown]

the service has been bit more reliable recently (bar the snow) , ive noticed they now reduce number of metros that only go to pelaw which always seemed a complete waste of metros anyway as both south shields and sunderland metros go past pelaw anyway, its not rocket science

The ones that terminate at Pelaw normally start from Regent Centre or Monkseaton. If one of the Monkseaton ones are off then it’s a massive struggle to get everyone onto the train ie the shields one as loads of people use them to get into the city centre. Of course by the time they get to Heworth/Pelaw they're normally practically empty.

 

[errant]

That is disgraceful PR.

Perhaps they’ve taken a tip from south east rail and give the twitter account to the school work experience lad?

 

[Old Prestonian]

Perhaps they’ve taken a tip from south east rail and give the twitter account to the school work experience lad?

I'd forgotten about that, it was hilarious.

 

[RestlessNatives]

Colin Briggs getting a dig in.

He's lost it now.

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[darius]

Delayed this morning. Some on going incident between sol and Seaburn!

 

[HeaderDownBrown]

Delayed this morning. Some on going incident between sol and Seaburn!

Was a trespasser on the line near the SOL

 

[Brian Griffin]

Not a great couple of days for them...and Nexus think they should be allowed to run the system full time.

Metro worker electrocuted as he repaired overhead rail lines, inquest hears

And:

Metro train avoids hitting track workers 'by two seconds'

When will the advertise for a company to run it, I wonder...

 

[partridge amongst the pig]

Not a great couple of days for them...and Nexus think they should be allowed to run the system full time.

Metro worker electrocuted as he repaired overhead rail lines, inquest hears

And:

Metro train avoids hitting track workers 'by two seconds'

When will the advertise for a company to run it, I wonder...

The incident where the guy was electrocuted - RIP - happened in 2014 so that was when DBTW had the concession.

The other one was more recent. Credit to the driver who did everything he needed to do.

 

[Wilfy]

The incident where the guy was electrocuted - RIP - happened in 2014 so that was when DBTW had the concession.

The other one was more recent. Credit to the driver who did everything he needed to do.

Sounds like the lad didn't have a ticket to be working on the line where he was as well. RIP to the poor bugger.

 

[Brian Griffin]

The incident where the guy was electrocuted - RIP - happened in 2014 so that was when DBTW had the concession.

The other one was more recent. Credit to the driver who did everything he needed to do.

Not that it matters, but weren't Nexus responsible for infrastructure maintenance, not DBTW?

Tyne and Wear Metro system to be publicly-run as DB Regio contract set to be scrapped next year

Nexus, as a public body, already sets fares and service specifications for Metro as well as maintaining most of the infrastructure on which trains run.

There is no way that Nexus should be allowed to continue to run this service themselves or even award themselves the maintenance contract.

They were always going to struggle to do a worse job than DBTW but some how they've managed it.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

All fine and dandy tonight. Well done Ben.

 

[Fletch]

problems on the sunland line ... ken you wanker